Credit Outreach

Special Education Cross-Categorical Certification

This add-on certification is a specially designed cohort program for teachers serving students with disabilities in cross-categorical environments. It will provide advanced study to licensed teachers and teachers eligible for a Wisconsin teaching license. In Minnesota, the program design has been approved for expansion of a current special education categorical license to include licenses in another categorical area.

UW-Stout’s program was developed in accordance with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) Guidelines, the Wisconsin Ten Teaching Standards and the Council for Exceptional Children Standards.

Program Benefits

Training to serve students with disabilities

Certification designed for licensed teachers

Student teaching may be completed on the job

Courses offered at undergraduate and graduate levels

Summer 2012

SPED 471/671

Introduction to Special Education and Professional Portfolio

3 crs

SPED 473/673

Behavior Interventions and Positive Behavior Supports

3 crs

SPED 324/524

Curriculum and Instruction: Career and Transition Education

3 crs

EDUC 380/580

Reading and Language Arts in Elementary Education

3 crs

EDUC 382/582

Secondary Reading and Language Development

2 crs

Fall 2012

SPED 330/530

Introduction to Communication Disorders**

3 crs

SPED 420/620

Schools, Families and Community Collaborations**

3 crs

SPED 323/523

Mild Disabilities: Social Studies and Science

3 crs

SPED 338/538

Pre-Student Teaching Children/Youth with Disabilities

2 crs

SPRING 2013

SPED 301/501

Introduction to Learning Disabilities

3 crs

SPED 322/522

Curriculum and Instruction: Severe Disabilities

2 crs

SPED 326/526

Pre-Student Teaching: Cognitive Disabilities

2 crs

SPED 328/528

Assessment for Individual Education/Transition Plans

3 crs

SPED 440/640

Diagnosis and Remediation of Literacy and Math Disabilities

4 crs

Summer 2013

SPED 471/671

Introduction to Special Education and Professional Portfolio

3 crs

SPED 473/673

Behavior Interventions and Positive Behavior Supports

3 crs

SPED 300/500

Introduction to Individuals with Cognitive Disabilities**

3 crs

SPED 447/647

Emotional/Behavioral Problems of Children and Adolescents**

3 crs

Plus student teaching, which often times is possible to complete on the job.

** Appropriate for students pursuing their MS Education or MS Vocational Rehabilitation degrees.

Program Director

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